Overview
Denis Dufresne has over 25 years of experience in representing public (Nasdaq and NYSE, including post-deSPAC companies) and private companies, investment funds and lending institutions, and high net worth individuals on complex business transactions and personal matters. His clients include founders, entrepreneurs, athletes, entertainers, emerging and established entities, independent members of public company boards, borrowers, lenders, placement agents and underwriters.
In Mr. Dufresne’s public company experience he counsels his public company clients in connection with ’33 Act and ’34 Act matters, regularly advises boards of directors and board committees and assists in all shareholder matters including annual and special shareholder meetings.
His mergers and acquisitions transactional practice is across industry and includes a deep representation in the area of life sciences, where his background includes a broad experience in the full range of licensing and collaboration, structured M&A and other transactions common to this sector. In his M&A practice, Mr. Dufresne routinely assists his public and private company clients in structuring, negotiating, documenting, and executing acquisitions and divestitures of businesses and assets (including licensing arrangements), leveraged buyouts, business combinations, equity and debt investments, debt restructuring, joint ventures and other individualized and commercial transactions.
Education & Admissions
EDUCATION
J.D., St. John’s University School of Law
B.S., International Business, State University of New York at Plattsburgh (National Leadership Honor Society)
ADMISSIONS
New York
Prior Experience
Before joining MSF, Denis was with Lombardo Dufresne, LLP, a firm which he co-founded in 2006, and prior to that was counsel in the corporate finance group at Kaye Scholer LLP (1996 – 2006). Denis also served in-house as Deputy General Counsel for an oncology-focused pharmaceutical company (2010 – 2015).
Representative Matters
Represented Coeptis Therapeutics, Inc., a pharmaceutical company developing innovative cell therapy platforms for cancer, in negotiating and entering into a definitive merger holdings agreement with Bull Horn Holdings Corp., (Nasdaq: BHSE), Coeptis is currently a Nasdaq listed company (Nasdaq: COEP).
Represented collective group of industrial adhesive company owners in a $100M sale to a private equity fund.
Represented four independent board members in connection with the separation from a public company board of directors.
Represented the owners of a bus refurbishing company in a $85M sale to a private equity fund.
Represented collective group of industrial adhesive company owners in a $100M sale to a private equity fund.
Represented a NYC-based pharmaceutical company in equity and debt transaction totaling over $500M, and over a dozen licensing and acquisition transactions.
Represented four independent board members in connection with the separation from a public company board of directors.